Card-record.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1908/ I. s. BA'SSET'T.

CARD RECORD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1907.

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pockets separated from each v UNITED [STATES PATENT OFFICE;

IRA S. BASSETT, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO PAULW.

FAIR, OFPITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARD-RECORD.

Patented May 5, 1908.

-To all whoin, it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA S. BASSETT, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State .of Pennsylvania, have invented a. certain' new and useful Card-Record, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing-forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view record cabinet illustratingmy invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Fig.3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

Like symbols 3* reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

My invention relates to what are known as card records, that is,-to a system of cards on which the record is to be'kept, which cards are adapted to be arranged in such relation to each other as tobe readily inserted, found, orremoved; and it consists in a system of card records in which'the cards are-divided upinto groups, the groups being separated of a card from each other longitudinally and transvrsely;

In the use of my invention I employ a cabi net having longitudinal bars and transverse indicator or guide leaves, thus forming other bythe leaves and by the bars, which pockets-are adapted to contain a group of record cards as, for instance, a cabinet having nine bars. and a thousand lea'ves would give a capacity of 10,000 grou s of ahund'red each.

'I will now esclibe my invention so that others skilled in the art to which it appertainsmay-manufacture. and use the same.

In the drawing, 2 re resents the drawer or cabinet which may be ormed of metal, wood,

or other suitable material, and of such depth as to receive record'cards of the above shape and size required for the particular use to which the cabinet is to be put. Extending longitudinally through the interior of the drawer or cabinet 2, and at equal distances apart, are the rods 3, which in form may be similar to the lock-rods now em ordinary form of card record ca inets. tending transversely across the drawer 2 are 'is provi loyed in the Exthe leaves 4, each leaf having an aperture for each of the rods 3, the aperture being of such size as to permit the leaf to be drawn back-. ward and forward on the rods 3, and to be tilted sli htly thereon.

fed with an ear ortab 5 which proects upwardly between one of the rods 3 and the side of the cabinet, or between two of the rods 3, these ears being staggered so that-the.

Each of the leaves 4",

ear of one leaf is not covered by the ear of another. -The ears may be numbered or lettered as, for instance, as shownrinfthe drawing, the ear of the first leaf being marked 1, the ear of the second leaf be' marked 1000, of the third leaf 2000, etc., mdicating that the space in front of each one of these leaves is devoted to the occupancy of athou mto ten different compartments 0, each compartment being adapted to contain a hundred records. If desired, eachone of .these hun dreds may be divided into thirds byusing records of difierent hei V shown at b in Fig. 1. T e cards which I desire to employ for keeping therecords may be pieces of card board of such size as to fit be-L tween the bars 3.

Although I do not desireto limit theuse of my improved cabinet in any way, it is es ecially adapted for use in connection with keeping a record of the movement of railroadcars where there are a large number of'cars .to be kept track of and it is necessary that in as small space as possuch record be kept sible. y

The advantages of my invention will be appreciated bythose skilled in the art. The

combined use of the slidingleaves and barspockets into which they from which they may keeps the cards in may be inserted an be withdrawn by merely tilting the trans verge leaf which lies in front of the desired car san'd records which are divided by the bars.

ht or colors, as is Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desiretosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a card record, a system of records consisting in the formation of groups of rec-' ord' cards,

the groups being placed progress ively frbrh left to right,'forming suc'ceseive the race tien of grougs of reeord cards; sub- 10 rows of a fixed number of groups, the stantialy as speeifie grou s being divided from each other trans-- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set vers iefiydand longitudinally; substantially as my hand.

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2. In a card record, a cabinet 01' case hav- BASSETT' inglongitudinal bars and transverse indica W1tnesses: tor or guide. leaves sliding on the bars,.form- SUZANNE S. BEATTYP mgpocketsbetweenthe bars and leaves 'for M. A. BARTH. 

